Jupiter's volcanic moon Io doesn't appear to have a subsurface ocean of magma, resolving some issues about how Io's volcanoes erupt and raising broader questions about similar magma oceans within ...

What type of lander could touch down on Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io? This is what a recent paper presented at the AIAA 2025 Regional Student Conference hopes to address as a team of student engineers ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Io is the most volcanic world in the solar system, with around 400 volcanoes. Its extreme ...

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NASA's Juno mission obtained a visible-light image of two possible volcanic plumes on Jupiter's moon Io during a February 3rd flyby, at a closest approach of 930 miles (1,500 km). This was Juno's ...

The hellish surface of a moon of Jupiter known as Io is riddled with hundreds of lava-spewing volcanoes that make the world one of chaos and violence. The brutal conditions also make Io intriguing to ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has completed yet another flyby of Io, Jupiter's highly volcanic moon. Coming eerily close to the moon, the small spacecraft was able to capture images of twin volcanic plumes ...

A spectacular image taken by NASA's Juno probe this past weekend shows Jupiter's moon Io with twin eruptions on the surface, underlining the fact that Io is the most volcanically active place in our ...

Jupiter’s moon, Io, is the most volcanically active planetary body in the entire solar system as it boasts hundreds of active volcanoes. This number continues to grow as recent study at the Europlanet ...

A 4-billion-year-old volcano? New research finds that Io, the solar system’s most volcanically active moon, can brag just that. A recent study of Io’s sulfurous atmosphere suggests that Jupiter’s moon ...

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The volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io are like exotic dishes: they’re hot, spicy, and have unfamiliar ingredients, according to new data from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft. Galileo’s near infrared mapping ...